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A few shifts ago just at shift change, the tones go off during a thunderstorm reporting a 500 gallon L.P. tank on fire after a litening strike.
Upon arrival of our first engine, IT WAS ON FIRE and the pop-off valve was blowing.
We followed procedure and got the fire out with in 15 minutes but the pop-off valve was damaged and would not reseat.
Needless to say, butane gas was escaping. The gas company finally got all the gas offloaded into a new tank.
Just wanted to tell the tell of yet another call where we were thankful to make it back to the station.
Be careful!
Upon arrival of our first engine, IT WAS ON FIRE and the pop-off valve was blowing.
We followed procedure and got the fire out with in 15 minutes but the pop-off valve was damaged and would not reseat.
Needless to say, butane gas was escaping. The gas company finally got all the gas offloaded into a new tank.
Just wanted to tell the tell of yet another call where we were thankful to make it back to the station.
Be careful!